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Interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown

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On our next episode of Art Smitten, we are thrilled to be interviewing Maggie Hensel-Brown, who has been working on a project titled ‘Lacing Communities Together’ both here and around the world. 🕯️
🪡 Lacemakers from 11 countries and 19 states sent triangles to the Columbia Gorge Museum in Washington. Hensel-Brown, volunteers, and Museum staff sewed over 550 pieces into the final art installation currently on display in ‘A Sense of Place’.
@maggiehenselbrown

Tune in this Monday 3-5pm to SYN90.7fm
AND be part of the conversation by hitting up the textline on 0468 155 796 @synmedia

Image credit: Afrina Fitri @afrinafitrii

On our next episode of Art Smitten, we are thrilled to be interviewing Maggie Hensel-Brown, who has been working on a project titled &lsquo;Lacing Communities Together&rsquo; both here and around the world. 🕯️ 🪡 Lacemakers from 11 countries and 19 states sent triangles to the Columbia Gorge Museum in Washington. Hensel-Brown, volunteers, and Museum staff sewed over 550 pieces into the final art installation currently on display in &lsquo;A Sense of Place&rsquo;. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maggiehenselbrown/">@maggiehenselbrown</a> Tune in this Monday 3-5pm to SYN90.7fm AND be part of the conversation by hitting up the textline on 0468 155 796 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/synmedia/">@synmedia</a> Image credit: Afrina Fitri <a href="https://www.instagram.com/afrinafitrii/">@afrinafitrii</a>

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of fine art practices!

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we&rsquo;re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of fine art practices!

Art Smitten is SYN's weekly guide to arts, culture and entertainment in Australia and around the world.

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Fibre art and textile traditions - Interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown

🚨In the lead up to the Victorian State Election this November, Art Smitten will be speaking to the organisers of the Don’t Break Our Arts campaign to discuss the dire situation our much loved arts organisations are finding themselves in.
The campaign is calling for the restoration of funding cuts, and new cultural investment in a state once renowned for its vibrant arts scene.
To show solidarity, sign the petition and join the rally next Monday (Nov 9th) at the State Library from 4:30pm ‼️ @dontbreakourarts

Tune in this Monday 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm and be part of the conversation by hitting up the textline 0468 155 796 📲 @synmedia

🚨In the lead up to the Victorian State Election this November, Art Smitten will be speaking to the organisers of the Don&rsquo;t Break Our Arts campaign to discuss the dire situation our much loved arts organisations are finding themselves in. The campaign is calling for the restoration of funding cuts, and new cultural investment in a state once renowned for its vibrant arts scene. To show solidarity, sign the petition and join the rally next Monday (Nov 9th) at the State Library from 4:30pm ‼️ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dontbreakourarts/">@dontbreakourarts</a> Tune in this Monday 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm and be part of the conversation by hitting up the textline 0468 155 796 📲 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/synmedia/">@synmedia</a>

Don't Break Our Arts - Interview with Ben Eltham

On Art Smitten today, we will be joined by the artists presented in ‘For Holding’, currently on display at First Site Gallery. 🕯️

💌 Claire Garwoli, Davin Ivatts and Zosia Slifirski Duckett are part of Vessel – a collective formed from a friendship forged through sculpture. ‘For Holding’ is their inaugural collaboration, created in Vessel’s workshop. The project brings them together with each handmade object. Every element depends upon the others, turning individual acts of making into a collective invitation to pause, hold and be present.

Tune in to SYN90.7fm this Monday at 3-5pm to hear more!

Image credit: Zosia Slifirski Duckett, Claire Garwoli and Davin Ivatts, Holding Stone 2026 and Holding Vessel 2026, etched and polished bronze, reclaimed redgum. Photograph by Zosia Slifirski Duckett. Image courtesy of the artists.

On Art Smitten today, we will be joined by the artists presented in &lsquo;For Holding&rsquo;, currently on display at First Site Gallery. 🕯️ 💌 Claire Garwoli, Davin Ivatts and Zosia Slifirski Duckett are part of Vessel &ndash; a collective formed from a friendship forged through sculpture. &lsquo;For Holding&rsquo; is their inaugural collaboration, created in Vessel&rsquo;s workshop. The project brings them together with each handmade object. Every element depends upon the others, turning individual acts of making into a collective invitation to pause, hold and be present. Tune in to SYN90.7fm this Monday at 3-5pm to hear more! Image credit: Zosia Slifirski Duckett, Claire Garwoli and Davin Ivatts, Holding Stone 2026 and Holding Vessel 2026, etched and polished bronze, reclaimed redgum. Photograph by Zosia Slifirski Duckett. Image courtesy of the artists.

Art Smitten - Interview with Claire Garwoli, Davin Ivatts and Zosia Slifirski Duckett

Interview with Faith Spencer

🕯️Today on Art Smitten, we’ll be joined by Faith Spencer, whose solo show, ‘If stars were to touch me, I’d feel it’, has just opened at @alltheverybest_ in Abbotsford!
Faith is a painter whose practice explores light and atmosphere through layered colour and a transient visual language. Drawing on lived experience and remembered observations, Spencer considers the relationship between perception and memory through the medium of painting.

The exhibition runs from 18th October - 1st November!

We also have our Art + Music segment brought to us by Aditi today ~ sharing the work of Hannah Li @hannahhhli 💜 AND Astra is smitten with Sadie Whelan's practice 💜

🕯️Today on Art Smitten, we&rsquo;ll be joined by Faith Spencer, whose solo show, &lsquo;If stars were to touch me, I&rsquo;d feel it&rsquo;, has just opened at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alltheverybest_/">@alltheverybest_</a> in Abbotsford! Faith is a painter whose practice explores light and atmosphere through layered colour and a transient visual language. Drawing on lived experience and remembered observations, Spencer considers the relationship between perception and memory through the medium of painting. The exhibition runs from 18th October - 1st November! We also have our Art + Music segment brought to us by Aditi today ~ sharing the work of Hannah Li&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hannahhhli/">@hannahhhli</a> 💜 AND Astra is smitten with Sadie Whelan's practice 💜

Fibre art and textile traditions - Interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown

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